Conducted by Dr. Kent Hatteberg, the Collegiate Chorale is the premiere choral ensemble at the University of Louisville. The Chorale performs primarily unaccompanied repertoire and is known to commission works by Lithuanian composers Vytautas Miškinis and Vaclovas Augustinas. The Chorale enjoyed rising popularity in the late 1990s and now performs regularly at national choral events around the United States with a large following. Events 8th National Collegiate Choral Organization (NCCO) National Conference, College Park, Maryland 2019 ACDA National Conference, Chicago, Illinois 2011 Small Ensemble Rehearsal Techniques session with Simon Carrington Reading Session Choir Kentucky Music Educators Association State Conference – Louisville, Kentucky 2011 ACDA National Conference, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 2009 2nd NCCO National Conference 2008, Cincinnati, Ohio ACDA Southern Division Conference, Headliner Concert 2008 with Cardinal Singers American Choral Directors Association National Convention – Los Angeles, California 2005 American Orff-Schulwek National Convention – Louisville, Kentucky 2003 National MENC Convention – Nashville, Tennessee 2002 Kentucky Music Educators Association State Conference – Louisville, Kentucky 2002 Inauguration of George W. Bush – Washington, D.C. 2001 "Together We Sing" celebration, American Choral Directors Association National Convention – San Antonio, Texas 2001 American Choral Directors Association Southern Division Conference – Orlando, Florida 2000 Kentucky Music Educators Association State Conference – Louisville, Kentucky 1998 Major works The Collegiate Chorale has become well known in the region for performing various major works with the Louisville Orchestra, Orchestra Kentucky and Louisville's Choral Arts Society, including the world premiere of Felix Mendelssohn's Gloria in November 1997. Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 - May 2019 Mozart's Requiem - October, 2018 Michael Gordon's Natural History - April 2018 Holst's The Planets - February 2018 (Women of the University of Louisville Collegiate Chorale) Mahler's Symphony No. 2 - October 2016 Bernstein's Mass - September 2015 Orff's Carmina Burana – October 2014 Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 – April 2014 Britten's War Requiem – April 2013 Orff's Carmina Burana – February 2013 Mozart's Coronation Mass – January 2013 Verdi's Requiem – January 2010 Dominick Argento's Cenotaph (World Premiere) 2009 Ralph Vaughan Williams's Dona Nobis Pacem 2009 Rihards Dubra's Te Deum 2008 Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet 2008 Saint-Saëns' Samson and Dalila 2008 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Die Zauberflöte - September 2007 Ralph Vaughan Williams' Toward the Unknown Region - March 2007 John Adams' Harmonium - March 2007 Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings Symphony - January 2007 Mozart's Requiem - January 2007 Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream